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Amid retirement rumors, OU President David Boren schedules press conference

University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren has called a 2 p.m. press conference Wednesday to make an announcement on the "future of the university."

Please join me at 2:00 p.m. today at Holmberg Hall. I will be making an important announcement about the future of the university. -DBo

— David Boren (@President_Boren) September 20, 2017

Late Tuesday night, rumors of his retirement began to take over the Internet. At first, they were refuted:

My further questions have received no answer, so read into that what you will.

— Jesse Pound (@jesserpound) September 20, 2017

But by midnight, Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World confirmed the rumors were (at least partially) true.